Valve



(No Model.)

E. VANGEZELL.-

VALVE.

No. 470,270. Patentet Mar. 8, 1892.

ATTUH/VEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EZEKIEL VANGEZVELL, OF ATLANTIC CITY, NEIV JERSEY, ASSIGNCR TO DANIEL U. SNYDER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,270, dated March 8, 1892.

` Application filed March l, 1889. Serial No. 301,711. (No'model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EZEKTEL VANGEZELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlantic City, in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My improvements relate to water-way faucets; and they consist of such a faucet'composed of a hollow cylindrical casing provided with an eduction-port and one or more induction-ports, in combination with a recessed Screw-cap, in which the valve-spindle and an annular projection from the valve-stem shall rotate; also, in the construction of the valve, the valve-spindle, and its several parts, and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of the device, as herein set forth, the chiefy object and purpose ot' the invention being to make a neat, cheap, and convenient multiple-way faucetwhich shall be self-grinding and require no packing, and of which the casing or shell shall be provided with two or more inlet-ports and an outletport and consist of a single piece of metal.

In the accompanying drawings, in Ywhich similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, Figure lis a perspective view of the external parts of my improvement as applied to a multiple-way faucet. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof through the eduction-port. Fig. 3 is a vertical section from the rear through the body of the faucet on a line with the two induction-ports, showing the valve closing the eduction-port. Fig. et is a longitudinal section through the several parts of the faucet to show the position of the valve in relation to the respective ports in the four several positions which itis capable in the application of my improvement to a three-way-valve faucet. Fig. 5 is a top View, partly in dotted lines, to show the position of the valve-stem with the valve-plate. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the valve stem or spindle, showing the vertical projection therein which controls and carries the rotating valve, and showing also the packing and grinding plate, which fits in the recess of the cap of the faucet. Fig. 7 is an inside front elevation of the rotating valve, showing its interrial ribs, by which it is supported on and moved bythe vertical projections on the valvespindle.

The casing E is a cylindrical shell closed at t-he base and having two or more screwthreaded induction-ports D and D2, two of which must be in line with each other, and an eduction port or nozzle D. It must be noticed in this connection, however, that the drawings illustrate a three-way valve having two induction-ports only, and for such construction a central rotating valve-plate (shown in Fig. 7) is all thatis necessary. Should the faucet have more than two induction-ports, a similar additional valve-plate must be provided, to be secured in like manner upon the other side of the carrying-plate of the valve-spindle. The shell or casing E, with its ports, as described, is cast in a single piece and provided with an internal screw-thread at the top, into which a screw-cap A is fitted. The said screwcap is provided with a vertical cylindrical aperture, in which the upper end B of .the valve-spindle projects and lits snugly, so that it may be rotated by means of the handle H. The lower end B4 of the valve-spindle rests in a recess in the base of the casing E to steady it. The valve-spindle, immediately below the portion which passes through the cap A, is provided with a plate B', which tits snugly in a recess of the saine size in the base of the cap A. Below the said plate B there is cast upon the valve-spindle a flat plate B3, having projections B2, as shown in. Fig. 6. The valve, as shown in Fig. 7, consists of a semi-cylindrical plate C, having internal vertical and parallel ribs C C arranged vertically and extending almost but not quite to the base of the valve. The projections B2 on the llat valve-plate of the spindle engage with the lower end of the vertical ribs of the valve. The result yof this construction is that, having a casing or shell cast in a single piece, the economy of that portion of the manufacture isassured from the consequent inability of the faucet leaking at any point other than the eduction-port or the top. The construction of the top of the faucet is such that the ne- IOO cessity for packing or regrindiug necessitated by wear is avoided, and also leakage at that point is obviated. The pressure of the Water in the valve-chamber is such that it bears constantly against the plate B of the valvespindle and forces it into the recess of the cap A,forminga close-fitting packing, and any attrition from Wear results only in regrinding by such action the seat of the plate B in the recess of the cap, so as wholly to avoid leakage at that point. The pressure of the water being outward as Well as upward, and the valve-plate C being semi-cylindrical, and therefore pressed outward by the column of Water, and moving freely in that direction by its loose lateral play of the plate B3 of the valve-spindle,effectuallycloses the inductionport of the faucet not then desired to be opened and elfectually prevents any leakage therefrom. In like manner the closing of the eduction and one of the induction ports and prevention of leakage at those points is equally well accomplished by the means and for the reasons stated. The four several possible positions of the valve-plate C in its application to a three-way-valve faucet is shown in Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A faucet comprising a hollow casing having one or more inlet-ports and au outlet-port, an internally-'recessed screw-cap A, closing the top of said casing or' shell, a loose valvespindle B, passing through said screw-cap and carrying a rotating valve, and a ring B', secured to said valve-spindle and adapted to fit in the recess of said screw-cap, said parts being constructed, combined, and arranged relatively to each other, substantially as and 4o for the purpose set forth.

2. A multiple-way faucet consisting of a hollow cylindrical casing or shell E, open only at the top and having two or more inlet-ports andan outlet-port, all arranged annularly, an internally-recessed screw-cap A, closing the top of said casing E, a loose valve-spindle B, passing through the same and carrying a ring 3', adapted to fit within the recess of the screw-cap, and a rotating semi-cylindrical 5 valve carried by the said spindle B and operating to control one or all of both the inlet and outlet ports of the faucet at pleasure, said parts being constructed, combined, and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A faucet consisting of a cylindrical casing or shell provided with one or more induc tion-ports and an outlet port or nozzle, in combination with a screw-cap, a valve-spindle passingthrough the same and carryinga spindle-plate B3, provided with projections B2, a rotating semi-cylindrical valve-plate C, provided with internal vertical and parallel ribs C C', forming a guideway to receive the spindle\plate B3, and with which said projections B2 engage in the vertical and rotating motions of the valve-plate C Within the casing or shell, said parts being constructed, combined, and arranged substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto af. fixed my signature this 1st day of February, A. D. 1880.

EZEKIEL VANGEZELL. 

